Merchandise-receptacle.



J. F. HITCHGOCK'.

MERCHANDISE REOEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED 111:0. 1a, 1908.

Patehted Feb. 18, 1913.

INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY WITNESSES:

35 dirt and moisture.

J'OHN F. HITCHCOCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MERCHANDISE-RECEPTAGLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

Application filed December 19, 1908. Serial No. 468,276.

cles of sale are contained, a sheath or covering of sheet material,-andpreferably a transparent sheet material such as glacpaper,which'incloses and covers the bottom, sides and open top of thepacket and through which the contents of the box, pro- 'tected by saidcovering, are visible; and the packet, furthermore, usually comprises atelescopic cover for inclosing the top and sides of the transparentsheath inclosing eo'v ering.

By making use of a packet such as above indicated and for the display ofvarious articles, such, for instanee,'as paper and envelops, silk,confectionery, fancy crackers, etc., the articles in the packets propermay, when the telescopic cover of the box is re moved, be plainlyvisible through the transparent sheath or covering so that the fullattractiveness of the goods may be perceived, and yet the articles areeffectually protected from injury by being touched by the fingers ofsalesmen or customers, and from dust,

An exemplification of the invention is given in the accompanyingdrawings in which w i V Figure 1 represents a box containing fancystationery provided for which is the covering of transparentsheetmaterial through which the contents of the box and the charproper Fig. 3is a. cross sectional view as taken on the line 33, Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the under side of a merchandise receptacle showingan inclosed sheath of slightly different form and as will be hereinafterreferred to.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all ofthe views.

In the draw1ngs,-A represents an ordinary open top box, such as a commonstationery box, and B represents stationery therein comprising envelopsencircled by silk bands a and tied with bow knots b.

C represents a covering of transparent sheet material such as glac paperwhich incloses and covers the bottom, sides and open top of thereceptacle A and through which the contents, and the character of thecontents, protected by said covering, are visible without the removal ofthe covering.

For the open-top receptacle covered or inclosed by the transparent sheetmaterial, a telescopic cover D of, a usual form is provided.

The merchandise packagesput up at the factory and displayed in a storeare of such character as to thoroughly protect from becoming soiled orotherwise injured, the contents of thebox proper and yet' by the mereremoval of the telescopic cover the stationery or Whatever articles ofsale are contained in the box are clearly discernible.

In the drawings, Figs. 1 and 2, the covering C, which, as before stated,is'glac paper or like transparent sheet material is employed as acomplete wrapping for the top, bottom, opposite sides, and opposite endsof the box A; but, as represented in Fig. 4;the covering C is indicatedas a tubular sheath which may beslip ed on and about, and wheneverdesired, slid off from the box and its contents, and this sheath whilepreferably composed of transparent sheet material need not necessarily,and for the acquirement of some of the advantages accruing under thisinvention, be transparent material.

I claim A device of the character described, consisting of an open-topreceptacle, a transparent sheet material inclosing and cover, Signed byme at N. Y. city, N. Y., in

ing the bottom, sides and open top 0f the presence of two subscribingWitnesses. receptacle and through which the contents JOHN F HITCH-COCKof the box, protected-by said covering, are 4 I 5 visible, ami animperforate telescopic-cover Witnesses:

for inclosing the 'top and sides of the trans- F. HEGEMAN, parentsheathinclosed receptacle. H. E. S. BUECHNER;

